Moving the Mountain

Dear Friend,

I've been thinking a lot about prayer lately. Maybe you have, too. Disease. Death. Decay. Mountains that all need to tumble down. Mountains we all pray to get up and move into the sea. And if they don't and when they don't we wonder who has failed. Is it God? Is it us? When will the mountains move? And are any of these questions faithful? Good thing the Psalmists asked them all.

After all, Jesus says that if we have enough faith, we can say to the mountain, "Move" and it will, indeed, move into the sea. (Mark 11). The problem is we read that wrong. That's not an meant to be indictment of your faith or your prayer life, sweet child. It is not a reminder that you need to do more or pray more or be more. Please don't read it as such. Instead see it differently. Through the eyes of faith. It is simply a fact told by the God of Grace who loves you.

Most mountains are a long ways from the sea. Like the Grand Tetons. And there is a lot to move. Friend, the mountain will move. That mountain could move through a landslide or upheaval caused by an earthquake. Both are possible and have happened over time. But what we never consider is that both have drastic consequences both short term and long term either through the process of a landslide or the process of upheaval that would come because our mountain moved. Most of the time, our Good God moves mountains through the process of erosion. Slowly. Steadily. Surely. With purpose and promise. We may not see the movement in the moment. But it is there. The mountain will move. It's the promise from the God you love.

Rest well.

thus spake.

me